England v New Zealand: second men’s Test, day one – live
75th over: New Zealand 284-7 (Phillips 48, Jamieson 0) Blimey, Jofra is going again. This is his eighth over, almost as many as he bowled across his first three spells of the day (11).
Phillips plays a nifty uppercut that flies down the leg side for four runs. Archer responds by sitting him down one last time. He has bowled some utterly horrible bouncers: perfect length, tight line and then sharp seam movement to follow Phillips.
Archer ends the over, and surely the spell, with a lifter that hits Phillips on the glove. He wrings his hand in pain and then calls for the physio.
Phillips has played with immense courage tonight. It’s been an innings of two halves: 40 from the first 39 balls, 8 from the next 34. He started his innings by timing high-class boundaries all over the gaff, then knuckled down to withstand a ferocious spell from Archer.
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